No tracks are needed here.

Old rail cars sit on a barge. They will be put into the ocean to make an artificial reef. (Darren McGee/Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo via AP)
A rail car is tipped into the water. Each car was cleaned up before it was dumped. (AP)
A rail car splashes into the ocean. (AP)
Big boulders were dropped to create a reef near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (AP)
These New York subway cars were dumped too. They were dumped near New Jersey. (AP)

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People dumped cleaned-up old rail cars into the ocean near Long Island, New York.

Algae and sponges moved in. Fish will come.

The rail cars help a reef grow. Even dolphins and sharks will live there.

Read More: The 75 steel rail cars once carried lumber. Each one weighs about 21 tons! People have made artificial reefs for years. They saw sea life gathered on sunken ships. Now concrete, old cars, and even old glass bottles make easy places for coral to attach. These teensy animals join together to make a huge home for other sea life. Coral reefs are in trouble. These train cars will help corals build new reefs. God gave people a big job. We must take care of the world. Genesis 2:15 says, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.”